In case anyone is wondering, I went to pick it up in-store and they honored the online sale.

That's fine, just do what consumers do best, vote with your wallet. Once they see that money isn't rolling in they'll either have to adapt, hemorrhage money, or abandon the idea altogether. I doubt that they'll abandon it since they've gone through all the trouble of developing the system and no company wants to lose…

I've said it before and I'll say it again; you need to actually think about where you put your money! If a project sounds ambitious and the team is new (even if the individual members are experienced) then prepare to lose everything because there's a good chance that it will happen.

As far as their Japanese games, I think Dragon Quest is the only thing worth playing anymore. In the west, Hitman has been a consistent success, as was Tomb Raider recently, but both of those franchises came from Eidos and began development under Eidos. I hold both Squaresoft and Enix close to my heart because of the…

The sensitiveness of Japanese media will never cease to amaze me. IIRC didn't the folks behind Disaster Report 4 (cancelled) apologize for making an insensitive game in light of the recent earthquake and ultimately cancel the game as a result?

I'm kind of neutral when it comes to tofu. Well prepared tofu is fantastic, and bad tofu could be the worst culinary experience I've ever had. Tofu on its own doesn't taste like anything. You need to pair it with a good sauce. For first-time tofu eaters I'd recommend going to a Chinese restaurant/take-out and ordering…

Umami is a taste, not an ideology. I don't see anything wrong with vegetarians designing some of their meals to taste like meat. Some foods are delicious in their own right, but how is this any different than adding sauces to our various foods?

Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS) currently on sale at Game Stop for $10. I placed an order for in-store pickup, I'll let you guys know if they allowed it in the morning when I try to pick it up. This discount seems to be extremely deep, I feel like someone effed up when writing the price. http://www.gamestop.com/nintend…

That is a possibility, I have a keyboard in the basement.

I asked myself the same question with LoL. I had played countless hours at that point (having won over 600 normal games and losing about 500, plus my original account which had like 400 games under its belt.) At some point I realized that I was just passing time. Sure, there were exciting and fun moments, but for the…

Something about the first Spider-Man was just off... He seemed ashy? Like he rolled around in baby powder. IDK...

Books are the solution. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to hear the difference between Osha (the Starks' wildling servant) and Asha (renamed as Yara for the show) in the show?

As do I, for whatever reason I have trouble separating dialog from random sound effects, so this helps a lot. I actually go out of my way to not watch films (and tv shows) on streaming sites which fail to include subtitles.

Korra doesn't.

Must've slipped my mind.

Korra both lacks discipline and has never exhibited the ability in the show.

IIRC we only see her in a supervisory capacity during Korra's firebending test in the first episode, but I don't remember Korra ever referring to Katara as her waterbending teacher. Given that Korra spent most of her life in the southern water tribe, where there were presumably many waterbenders, it is entirely…

Again, Kotaku (and Gawker as a whole) isn't a news organization, they're a blogging organization. In other words, the writers post whatever they happen to be interested in, and if it happens to be news stories then that's fantastic, but if not then that's their prerogative. That having been said, some of the Kotaku…

How up to date are you on Korra? There's some spoiling to be done with your comment.

Katara at that age was still one of the most powerful waterbenders in the world, her age is of little consequence. While Korra divided her time between air, earth, and water, Katara dedicated her time to studying waterbending. Add to that the fact that learning from necessity, as Katara did, tends to accelerate the…